单词 | undulated |
释义 | undulatedadj. 1. a. Formed into a waved surface or outline; arranged in a series of wave-like curves. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > wavy waving1604 undulated1623 waved1664 undulous1728 undulatory1796 wavy1839 undulating1884 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vndulated, made like the waues of the Sea. 1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. i. 6 Next there is an undulated Ring of other Lymphæducts. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Undulated leaf, that whose..edges are necessitated to rise and fall in a regular manner. 1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 181 The bridge has taken an undulated form, and the rail on each side is curiously scolloped. 1854 B. Powell Pereira's Lect. Polarized Light (ed. 2) 117 A series of rods disposed horizontally in an undulated form, so as to represent a system of plane waves. 1873 J. Tomes & C. S. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. (ed. 2) 7 The inferior edge of the lower jaw..is undulated. b. Of ground, hills, etc. (Cf. undulating adj. 2b.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [adjective] > undulating or undulated wavy1774 undulating1794 rolling1795 undulated1821 undulatory1845 surging1847 1821 T. Nuttall Jrnl. Trav. Arkansa Territory 11 A deeply undulated country. 1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 15 An amphitheatre of finely undulated hills. 1893 H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare I. 59 A small elevated plain, slightly undulated. 2. a. Furnished or diversified with wavy markings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > curves or spirals waved1547 water-waved1599 scrolled1603 undulate1658 undulated1664 vermiculated1707 gadrooned1726 scrolling1936 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxv. 65 The Roots of this [Box] Tree..do furnish the..Cabinet-makers with pieces rarely undulated. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Undulate, or Undulated, made in fashion of Waves, as watered Stuffs and the Grain of Wainscot. 1787 [see sense 2b]. 1798 London Gaz. 20 Nov. A Chief undulated Argent, thereon Waves of the Sea. 1811 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 469 Yellowish Green Parrakeet, undulated above with brown. b. spec. In the names of birds or fishes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > having wavy markings undated1783 undulated1785 vermiculated1872 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 333 Undulated Fly-catcher. 1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 225 Undulated Trumpeter;..the plumage..of a pale reddish brown, beautifully undulated with black. 1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 223 Undulated Coryphene. 1811 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 469 Undulated Parrakeet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1623 |
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